6th Sense Analytics Now Integrates with Atlassian JIRA
Integration improves software development resource and time estimates by comparing actual versus estimated time
Morrisville, NC – April 15, 2008 – 6th Sense Analytics Inc., provider of unbiased data and metrics into the status of outsourced software development projects, today announced its integration with Atlassian’s JIRA product,,a bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management application.
The 6th Sense JIRA integration removes guesswork from feature and issue tracking and improves a team’s ability to estimate and scope work in the future. The 6th Sense desktop automatically tracks developer and tester work and attributes the time to the appropriate area. This eliminates the need for team members to fill out reports with a best-guess of their time allocations.
6th Sense team-wide reports compare the actual time spent closing issues versus the original JIRA estimates. This provides timely insight into the status of development projects and answers questions such as:
- Where is the project today? Is it on track or behind schedule?
- Given historical trends, is it possible to make proposed deadlines or release dates?
- Where did the team work yesterday? Last week?
- What product areas take the most time?
"We bring best in class analytics to JIRA's issue management solution," said Todd Olson, co-founder and CTO of 6th Sense Analytics. "We seamlessly integrate with JIRA and other lifecycle tools to provide a complete 360 degree view of their projects and process."
6th Sense Analytics' award-winning software solution provides unprecedented visibility into the entire software development lifecycle by automatically and unobtrusively collecting activity-based data via lightweight sensors residing on team members' desktops and shared servers.
"There is now a thriving ecosystem around JIRA, especially it seems, for project management and tracking tools. We're delighted that 6th Sense Analytics has made their tools available to JIRA users," said Jon Silvers, director of online marketing at Atlassian.
For a video demonstration of how the integration benefits software development teams, please visit www.6sa.com/jira.
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